CCG/Modelling: ViewPoints in Surveyor
Viewpoints in Surveyor
Methods described here apply to Trainz TRS2012 and earlier; NOT available in TANE or TRS2019; instead see Set up a Screen Shot. In TRS2004 these commands were Alt fly and Alt walk (typing the individual letters while holding the Alt key down).
If you wish to move around easily in Surveyor, to take a screen shot for instance, there are two keyboard functions that are useful (): in surveyor, hold down the Alt key and type either u or y on the keyboard.
Alt u - this allows you to move the viewpoint around the scenery to get in closer, or to frame a section for a screenshot. Use the keyboard scroll arrow keys and the Page Up and Page Down keys to move and zoom.
This method is the more useful, as you can move anywhere, and the compass point and menus are removed from the view, giving a cleaner screenshot.
Alt y - this allows you to walk around the scenery at ground level, the height is not adjustable.
Since the menus are removed, this is a mode only for viewing or taking a screenshot.
Press the Esc key to exit either mode,
To take a SCREEN SHOT press the Print Screen key. The captured image is pasted to the clipboard and also placed in the C:\Program Files\Auran\TS2009\ScreenShots directory as a .tga image (for a default installation of Trainz).
The .tga image size depends on the set resolution of your screen. The .tga file is quite large, preserving the best quality. You should convert the images to a .jpg file if uploading to the forum, to reduce the image transfer size.
PaintShopPro, PhotoShop, Gimp, IrfanView, or PEV's Images2TGA can change image formats.
